|
FDI project team achieves landmark consensus In its quest to develop a common solution for field = device integration (FDI), the steering committee of the Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL) cooperation team has reached an important milestone. The FDI project team has worked for the past 18 months to iden= tify use cases encompassing all facets of plant operations, from start-up and commissioning to ongoing maintenance activities and plant operations. A k= ey outcome has resulted in a draft architecture that mig= rates Field Device Tool (FDT) and EDDL technologies to a common device integrat= ion standard. The success of the project derives from close working relations between the EDDL cooperation team and major global process cont= rol suppliers including ABB, Emerson, Endress+Hauser, Honeywell, Invensys, Rockwell Automation, Siemens, Smar and Yogogawa. In 2003 the three leading field device foundations (Fieldbus, HART and PROFIBUS user organisation) signed a cooperative agreement to develop a common specification for graphical visualisation and persistent data storage ena= bled by EDDL. Further information from Dr Sigrun E= bert-Heffels (tel: +49 (721)= 595 56 76). |